diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 15fc8ce9c5..4c2e290d48 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Dec  9 11:22:00 2006  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* lib/irb/locale.rb (IRB::Locale::search_file): ues File.exist?
+	  instead of File.exists?.  [ruby-dev:30000]
+
 Fri Dec  8 18:11:18 2006  NAKAMURA Usaku  <usa@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/optparse.rb: cannot put :nodoc: before method definition.
diff --git a/lib/irb/locale.rb b/lib/irb/locale.rb
index 4b6aba2bb9..8a0f33d8fb 100644
--- a/lib/irb/locale.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/locale.rb
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ module IRB
     end
 
     def search_file(path, file)
-      if File.exists?(p1 = path + lc_path(file, "C"))
-	if File.exists?(p2 = path + lc_path(file))
+      if File.exist?(p1 = path + lc_path(file, "C"))
+	if File.exist?(p2 = path + lc_path(file))
 	  return p2
 	else
 	end